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AS MORE AND MORE INDIVIDUAL LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE POLICIES ARE BEING MARKETED TO ELDERLY AND PRE-RETIREES, THE MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE CONSUMER IS FACED WITH A DIFFICULT TASK IN SELECTING THE POLICY THAT BEST MEETS HIS OR HER NEEDS. PHASE I OF THIS PROJECT IS DEVOTED TO A SURVEY OF THESE POLICIES, STATE REGULATIONS AFFECTING INSURANCE PRODUCTS, AND STATE MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. FROM THESE DATA ...

ACHIEVEMENT OF AN INTERN FLASH X-RAY TEST FACILITY BASED AS COMPTON BACKSCATTER OF FLASH GAMMA-RAYS DEMANDS THAT THE PRIMARY RADIATION SOURCE BE SMALL COMPARED TO THE DESIRED TEST AREA. THIS PROPOSAL IS TO EVALUATE ELECTRON BEAM DIODE CONCEPTS WITH PROMISE FOR A SMALL GAMMA RAY SOURCE, AND TO ASCERTAIN THE LOWER LIMITS ON THE TEST AREA SPRINGING FROM DIODE LIMITATIONS.

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BIO 101 WILL BUILD A PROTOTYPE MACHINE TO AUTOMATICALLY ANALYZE DIDEOXY-CHAIN-TERMINATION DNA POLYMERASE REACTION PRODUCTS SEPARATED ON A SINGLE-LANE POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL. THE MACHINE WILL ANALYZE DIFFERENTIALLY LABELED REACTION PRODUCTS AND PRINT THE SEQUENCE. THE PHASE I PROTOTYPE MACHINE WILL FORM THE BASIS FOR PHASE II, A COMPLETELY AUTOMATED DNA SEQUENCING MACHINE THAT WILL SEQUENCE KILOBASE-LE ...

PROCESS STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE VARIABILITY HAS BEEN A MAJOR OBSTACLE IN THE WIDESPREAD COMMERCIALIZATION OF METHANE PRODUCTION OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTION. THIS PROCESS IS DEPENDENT THERE HAS BEEN A LACK OF ON-LINE MONITORING DEVICES WHICH ACCURATELY ASSESS THE ACTIVITY OF THIS POPULATION. THE EFFORT DESCRIBED IN THIS PROPOSAL IS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE WHETHER IN-SITU MEASUREMENT OF INTRACELLULAR NAD ...

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PROPOSED IS PHASE I OF A CONCENTRATED PHASE RESEARCH PROJECT AIMED AT THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A PREDICITIVE METHODLOGY WHICH RELATES THE HUMAN PILOT TO PROPOSED MILITARY HELICOPTER SYSTEMS IN ADVANCE OF COMMITMENT TO HARDWARE DEVLOPMENT. RECENT ADVANCES IN AVIONICS AND TECHNOLOGY CAN PROVIDE MORE CAPABILITIES, SYSTEMS, AND DISPLAYS THAN THE PILOT AND OTHER CREW MEMBERS CAN POSSIBLY EXPLOI ...

AN AMBULATORY UTERINE ACTIVITY MONITOR (AUAM) IS PROPOSED FOR THE MONITORING OF PATIENTS AT RISK FOR PREMATURE LABOR. NEONATAL PREMATURITY REMAINS A GREAT CHALLENGE. IN 1975, ONE PERCENT OF U.S. LIVE BIRTHS DEVELOPED RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (RDS), OF WHICH 6,000 TO 8,000 DEATHS WEREDIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO PREMATURITY. ADDITIONALLY, 75 PERCENT OF ALL PERINATAL DEATHS ARE IN PREMATURE INFANTS ...

THE PROPOSAL OBJECTIVES ARE, TO RESEARCH AND DESIGN (R&D) A COMPACT ENERGY SOURCE FOR MISSILE APPLICATION THAT CAN PROVIDE HIGH POWER OUTPUT DENSITY DURING A 2 TO 5 MINUTE ACTIVE LIFE. ELECTRODE KINETICS AND DYNAMICS DURING THE HIGH POWER TRANSIENT STATE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MISSILE ENVIRONMENTS, WILL BE RESEARCHED TO PROVIDE A BATTERY SYSTEM CAPABLE OF RAPID AND HIGH POWER DISCHARGE.